Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PIVOT EWD ACROSS ERN CANADA AND
THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY/TONIGHT. WRN CONUS UPPER
RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO DAMPEN AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEARS THE BC/WA COAST
BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. ALONG A COLD FRONT...SCATTERED
PRECIPITATION WILL BE COMMON FROM CNTRL TX INTO THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI/OHIO VALLEYS AND PORTIONS OF THE NE STATES.
...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF WA/ORE...
ALTHOUGH UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO DECAY...ANOTHER DAY OF ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 DEG ABOVE NORMAL...WITH
HIGH TEMPS IN THE 90S COMMON ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS.
AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AS WELL.
HOWEVER...BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODEST /GENERALLY 10 MPH OR
LESS/...WITH WINDS LARGELY DOMINATED BY LOCAL PROCESSES/TERRAIN.
ADDITIONALLY...ISOLD TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
MAINLY ACROSS CNTRL/ERN ORE. ALTHOUGH LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CAUSE
NEW FIRE STARTS...TSTMS WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY WETTING RAINS.
..GUYER.. 08/20/2004
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...